Justin Clift <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Personally I'd be a bunch happier if we set the buffers so high that we > definitely have decent performance, and the people that want to run > PostgreSQL are forced to make the choice of either: > 1) Adjust their system settings to allow PostgreSQL to run properly, or > 2) Manually adjust the PostgreSQL settings to run memory-constrained > This way, PostgreSQL either runs decently, or they are _aware_ that > they're limiting it.
Yeah, that is the subtext here. If you can't increase SHMMAX then you can always trim the postgresql.conf parameters --- but theoretically, at least, you should then have a clue that you're running a badly-configured setup ... regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])